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Express & Star 24 Feb 11
Sandwell Council is considering installing a wind turbine in Sandwell Valley near Swan Pool. Bosses say it would be screened by dense foliage and high trees, while noise would be drowned out by the nearby M5.
The council claims the 200-foot high structure could provide electricity to 20,000 homes in blustery conditions…
Business
Peterborough Evening Telegraph 25 Aug 10
Taxpayers across neighbouring West Midlands authorities could be saved more than £400 million over 25 years by converting waste to energy in a partnership deal.
Warwickshire council’s portfolio holder for environment and economy Alan Cockburn joined colleagues from Staffordshire, Sandwell and Walsall to sign the document aimed at achieving the target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2020…
Oil prices hit their highest level for 18 months amid recovery hopes for the US economy after better-than-expected jobs data. Crude oil for May delivery hit a high of $85.89 a barrel at one point in New York trading – the dearest since the peak of the financial crisis in October 2008.
The latest price spike came as closely-watched US figures showed employers adding 162,000 jobs in March – the largest job gain in three years…
News
Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Petrol prices are said to be heading to record levels – as prices at the pumps in the West Midlands reached 120p. The AA has warned petrol prices would soar to unprecedented highs, even before a 3p rise in petrol duty on 1 April. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the rise at the last budget. The average petrol throughout the country is 115.9p for a litre of unleaded and 116.9p for diesel…
Comment
Bob the Black Country Brummie 20 Jan 10
Warm zone loaned us an electricity monitor which revealed some anomalies. After the Christmas lights bonanza had ended I started to look more closely at what it was showing us…
Environment
Patrice John B'ham Post 28 Dec 09
With pressure on the Government to use renewable energy, wind turbines could soon be installed without the need for planning permission. Patrice John discovers there is already a growing backlash among communities to such schemes…
Business
B'ham Post 28 Oct 09
BP showed it was weathering the impact of falling oil prices with a smaller than expected fall in third quarter profits…
Business
Express & Star 27 Oct 09
BP has said third quarter profits slumped to £3 billion, down 50% on the same period last year. The oil giant’s results for the July to September period a year earlier were boosted by crude oil prices reaching an all-time high of 147 dollars a barrel, but prices averaged around half that this time around…
News
Express & Star 27 Sep 09
Gas officials lied about replacing unsafe pipes in the Black Country in a bid to meet targets. One National Grid manager has been sacked and a major investigation launched…
Business
Birmingham Post 4 August 09
Upgrades to the regional electricity network will add an average of £3.76 a year to bills over the next five years, according to the regulator…